CARD: TNT XFL 2023
ACQUIRED: IP, 2025

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

• Mathew played WR at Eastern Michigan from 2016-’20.
• He caught 100 passes for 1335 yards and 9 TDs in 43 contests.
• Undrafted he’d play in The Spring League in 2020.
• Signed with the Steelers but didn’t make the squad.
• Signed with the Chiefs in 2022, but was later placed on IR.
• In 2023 Mathew played for the Vegas Vipers of the XFL 23.
• Caught 23 passes for 326 yards in 8 contests.
• Signed with the Falcons and later Patriots in 2023 but was released.
• Saw time in camp in 2024 with the Dolphins but didn’t make the squad.
• After the merger of the USFL and XFL, Mathew signed with the San Antonio Brahmas.
• Played in 4 contests, catching 3 passes for 15 yards.
• That season he scored on a punt return to beat the eventual UFL Champion DC Defenders and help the Brahmas win their only contest of the season.
• Sexton had 8 punt returns for 154 yards and a TD on the season.

NOTES:

Just coasted in for the win on this one. When Matt joined the Brahmas I knew they’d put him to work. His signing was a footnote- but being aware of his history as a dependable receiver on a not so hot Vegas team, that played in a terrible stadium, I knew he’d be money. I went to work creating his card with the idea just maybe I’d get it signed.

After he returned his first punt and almost broke loose, I quipped to him on Instagram that he was one step away from breaking one loose. He liked that comment and the image of his card I put up. The next week he broke loose for that TD on the PR, and the rest was history.

It seemed to line up perfectly. After the Brahmas advertised and told me that an event in SA was going to have players- I was pretty annoyed when they backed out of it. I kept the receipts and asked my ticket manager what happened. When I showed him the emails we exchanged about it, he offered me a free after game autograph signing. -I jumped on it.

After the Brahmas got trounced by the Roughnecks, I got piled into a line and shuffled down below. I was excited to see who was going to be there. 8 chairs! 8 chairs of players! -Well no. Not at all. Instead it was 3 players, hastily called over as they walked off the field. Two other players came over. They didn’t have cards, and the team didn’t provide the autograph postcard they promised in another email. Thankfully Mathew was in the group and I got his autograph on this card.

I gave him the extra I had. Clanked the plastic holder there and said, “This is for you.” He seemed very happy to have his own card and thanked me for my effort. Sometimes the expense is completely worth it for the quality, as I heard him like many players who are in shock about having their own card: “Wow, it looks so real.”

CARD: Fleer 1990
ACQUIRED: 2025, eBay

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

• See John Offerdahl
• See John Offerdahl (2)

NOTES:

Well I needed John on a few more cards, since he only signs one per attempt, so I decided to chip away at it with an easy slam dunk via eBay on his Fleer 1990.

CARDS: Panini Prestige 2009, Leaf Rookies & Stars 2005, Leaf Rookies & Stars 2006, Upper Deck 2004 Diamond Collection
ACQUIRED: TTM 2025, C/o Home
SENT: 7/29 RECEIVED: 8/7 (9 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

• Kyle Boller played QB for California from 1999-2002.
• In his Senior campaign Kyle completed 225 of 421 passes for 2815 yards and 28 TDs.
• Over his college career he completed 622 of 1301 passes for 7980 yards and 64 TDs to 48 interceptions.
• Kyle was the second quarterback off the board in 2003 and was quickly named starter for the Ravens that season.
• He completed 116 of 224 passes for 1260 yards with 7 TDs to 9 picks in an injury plagued rookie campaign.
• Boller’s best season came the following year in 2004, when he passed for 2559 yards and 13 TDs (11 interceptions) on 258 of 464 throws.
• He’d also start 16 games for the only time in his career, and finish with a career high 9-7 record.
• Boller’s career from there was a frustrating one, battling quarterbacks and injury along the way.
• After sitting out the entire 2008 season with an injury, Kyle played with the Rams in 2009.
• He’d move on to Oakland in 2010, finishing out his career the following year.

NOTES:

I don’t often get members of the Baltimore Ravens through he mail, so I was pretty happy to get Kyle’s autograph on a couple of cards.

Kyle carried a huge burden being thrown out there into the fire by the Ravens. I wonder how his career would’ve planned out if he rode the bench for a season, and hadn’t had so much pressure hoisted on him.